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From: kas@hp-pcd.UUCP (kas)
Newsgroups: net.rec.skydive
Subject: Re: No lift dive
Message-ID: <41800005@hpcvlo.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 19:53:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 19:53:00 1985
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR
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Nf-From: hpcvlo!kas    Apr  3 16:53:00 1985



>I remember it took me a few dives to get into a proper
>no-lift (vertical) dive. My technique is to bend forward
>at the waist, hunch shoulders, arms by sides using hand
>area for airbrake steering & roll control, and - most
>important - tuck head forward with chin on chest.

     Thanks for the suggestions--in retrospect I recall having my head way
     back because I like to see what I'm about to run into.  The rest of my
     body was pretty much as you described.  So, I'll try counting my toes,
     or something, next time I need to dive fast.  I remember being taught
     in my first jump course that the body tends to go where the head is 
     pointed--so this must be an example of that little-known law of 
     aerodynamics.


				Ken Scofield    C-9355
				Hewlett-Packard PCD
				Corvallis, OR

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